Hijacked Domain Problem
 

Friends,

I am a little perplexed at what to do. Before I call in the lawyers, please give me a little advice.

Recently, I purchased a domain from a domain broker and transferred the domain to my domain account where all the account information is correctly maintained.

When I purchased the domain, the domain went to a generic landing page selling bullshit. You have probably seen hundreds of these generic landing pages.

Anyway, I built a quick and dirty website, setup the DNS and nameservers, and configured the server's IIS and NICs for the URL/IP.

Now the rub.....

The domain was apparently still listed on someone elses DNS and when I enter the URL, I go to an unknown IP showing an unknown page. I reconfirmed that my DNS/URL/IP were correctly configured.

First, I contacted the people that sold me the domain and they said the page is not theirs; however, the generic page disappeared and a blank page appeared.

I ran a tracert on the URL. I then did a reverse lookup by IP and found to whom the IP and resolving machine was registered to and did a Whois for the contact information. I sent emails to both the admin and abuse contacts on the Whois asking that they correct the problem. I got no correction and no response.

The domain still goes to a blank page with an strange IP if outside my immediate network.:Oh crap

Hmmm...... What would you do next? Suggestions would be appreciated.:helpme

Thanks.

quote: "Recently, I purchased a domain from a domain broker and transferred the domain to my domain account"

how could you transfer the domain? they (the seller) would have to transfer it no?

how long ago did this take place?

The seller gave me a transfer code that I used to transfer the domain into my domain account if I recall correctly. This happened a month or two ago.

i want to say something sounds fishy, but check this page out, maybe it might be of some help

http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/dn...aq-03nov04.htm

Thanks for the info. I will contact my registrar for help. The Whois for the domian is all correct.....just the URL leads to an unknown IP/Page.

When you whois the domain, are the dns servers correct?

if you want to know whats wrong post the domain and the name servers they should be pointing to.

no one can guess whats fucked up without knowing all the info.

When I Whois, all the information is correct including listed nameservers.

than it's the nameservers problem, not domain problem.

if you want icq me the domain i can probably tell you exactly whats wrong.

from the sounds of it, either you have the old dns info still cached, or your nameserver is giving out the wrong info.

Are the nameservers same as they were before the ownership change?

Had this happen to a client of mine a short while ago.

He had scooped up a domain and no matter what we did, it would still point to the previous owner's website. Called up tech support for my host and they resolved it.

It's a simple nameserver conflict.

No nameservers are different after domian transferred.

Eroticsexxx, I think you are right about the nameserver conflict.

I agree it sounds more of a tech problem than a broker/hijack issue.

Sounds serious. Good luck with your hijacked domain problem.